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Signatures of the deconfinement transition in nucleus-nucleus collisions at the CERN SPS

Journal Article · · Physics of Atomic Nuclei
The energy dependence of hadron production in relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions reveals anomalies-kink, horn, and step. They have been predicted as the signals of the deconfinement phase transition and observed recently by the NA49 Collaboration in Pb + Pb collisions at the CERN SPS. This indicates the onset of deconfinement in nucleus-nucleus collisions at about 30 A GeV.
OSTI ID:
21404701
Journal Information:
Physics of Atomic Nuclei, Journal Name: Physics of Atomic Nuclei Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 71; ISSN 1063-7788; ISSN PANUEO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English